Avery, for a girl - thoughts?

[magicmarv]

I like the name Avery. What do you think?

No.

What has happened to normal names for girls? Emma, Sophie, Olivia, Harriet, Hannah, Sarah, Helena, Beth/Bethany, Charlotte, Melissa? Even names like Hilda, Nora, Olive, and really old fashioned names are OK, but people are using such weird names! (Some sound made up!)

Why do so many people go for weird names? As a pp said, it sounds like aviary!

A neighbour of my friend called her daughter Avis! It's a car rental company! And another woman I know has 2 kids (boy and girl) called Bexton (girl) and Lorad (boy.) WTAF?! 😆

Love it.

Or scales.

Reminds me of The Inheritance Games - popular YA book series.

I like it!

Central female character in a book I'm reading

No weigh!

I quite like it. I'm of an age where I remember the song about Sylvia's mother "Hey Mrs Avery" but no one under 55 will remember that!

Ovary

No weigh! Good one, @larkstar

I like it - it does have an American feel to it, but I actually quite like that - it makes it feel quite fresh and a change from the Ellie / Evie / Ava type British trends at the moment, while still being familiar enough for others to know how to say / spell. I wouldn’t be surprised if names like Avery / Emery / Ellery / Everly became more common over here.

It's like Ava but a bit longer so seems samey

My first thought is bird cage too, sounds American but that's not a bad thing.

Brings to mind Gene Hackmans character in The Firm many years ago.

First thought was Aviary - bird house.
What about Ava? Or Maeve?

Yeah, this for me too!

Labels all the way.

My dad used to work for them so that’s always going to be my association with the name.

I think it's really pretty. American sounding names are becoming increasingly popular in the UK these days so I don't think it will sound out of place at all.
I've not heard of the scales or the labels and I doubt her cohort would make those connections either.

Avery Jessop, 30 Rock

NO. I've only ever heard the name once, in an episode of Frasier, and that was a man

A big bird cage in a dated public park.

Awful

Not for me….it’s was on my DDs list for her first born…I talked her out of it

My American friend's daughter is named Avery. It's quite popular in the states I think. It's pretty but I guess a kind of made up name.

Avery is a boys' name for me. It is a boy in a number of well known books and I only know one in real life and he is a boy.

For a girl it is too much like Ava
Avril is a girl's name.

Awful. With all the lovely names there are available, why would you choose that?